Eight Kilometres

Commuters heading to France faced significant delays on Thursday after a motorcycle accident occurred shortly before 3pm on the A3 motorway, which connects Luxembourg to Thionville. The incident happened near the border between Dudelange and Zoufftgen, forcing the closure of two lanes approximately 500 metres from the frontier.[1]

Emergency services were quickly deployed to the scene, and all traffic had to be diverted via the hard shoulder. By 3:40pm, the Luxembourg Traffic Control Centre (CITA) reported traffic jams stretching over 8km, causing major delays for cross-border workers and other motorists travelling towards France. A recovery vehicle arrived at the scene at around 3:50pm, and the right-hand lane reopened.[1]

The A3 has been in this blog before. Earlier this month, thirteen people were injured in a collision on the same motorway. For five weeks, the Thionville-Luxembourg train was suspended. The road and the rail run parallel. When one stops, the other absorbs the weight. On Thursday, it was the road's turn again: two lanes closed, eight kilometres of standing traffic, and a motorcycle somewhere near the border.[1]